France ends Morocco's dream World Cup run

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Eugenie Le Sommer scored doubly arsenic France precocious to the FIFA Women's World Cup 4th finals with a 4-0 triumph implicit Morocco connected Tuesday.

France's all-time starring scorer struck erstwhile successful each fractional arsenic her state acceptable up showdown with co-host Australia successful Brisbane connected Saturday.

Goals from Kadidiatou Diani, Kenza Dali and Le Sommer saw the French instrumentality a 3-0 pb aft 23 minutes astatine Adelaide's Hindmarsh Stadium.

Kadidiatou Diani celebrates aft scoring France's archetypal extremity during their circular of 16 lucifer betwixt with Morocco. (Cameron Spencer via Getty Images)

Le Sommer headed successful a 4th successful the 2nd fractional to implicit the triumph and extremity Morocco's historical tally astatine the World Cup.

The Moroccans, connected debut astatine the tournament, became the archetypal Arab federation to beforehand to the knockout stage.

The Atlas Lions were the archetypal Arab squad to registry a triumph successful the contention by beating South Korea successful the radical stage. They followed that by upsetting radical victor Colombia to beforehand to the circular of 16 at the disbursal of satellite No.2-ranked Germany.

But overcoming France, 1 of the tourney favourites, was a measurement excessively acold for Reynald Pedros' team.

The Matildas, who play France connected Saturday, precocious to the 4th finals by beating Denmark 2-0 connected Monday, with superstar striker Sam Kerr returning from a calf injury to marque her archetypal quality astatine this World Cup.

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